grudgingly

English

Etymology

From grudging +‎ -ly.

Adverb

grudgingly (comparative more grudgingly, superlative most grudgingly)

1. In a manner expressing resentment or lack of desire.
   • 2008–2021, qntm, “We Need To Talk About Fifty-Five”, in There Is No Antimemetics Division, →ISBN, page 9:

     "This is just a cover story," Clay says to O5-8, not taking his eyes off Marion. "It's a good one, but she's had it worked out in advance."
     "Clay, lose the piece," says the O5.
     Grudgingly, Clay does so.

   • 2009, Geoff Dyer, Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi, Canongate, published 2015, page 226:

     I was left to play my part, grudgingly, in the eternal jugalbandi of tourist life: ‘Boat, sir?’ ‘No, thank you.’ ‘Rickshaw, sir?’ ‘No, thank you.’

   • 2019 November 21, Benjamin Mueller, “At Odds With Labour, Britain’s Jews Are Feeling Politically Homeless”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-11-13:

     Online and over Shabbat dinners, arguments about the election have grown bitter. Those grudgingly planning to vote for Labour have been called traitors to the community and self-hating Jews. Anti-Corbyn die-hards, on the other hand, have been branded the handmaidens of a hard Brexit.

Synonyms

• petulantly, unwillingly

Translations

in a manner expressing resentment or lack of desire

• Bulgarian: неохотно (bg) (neohotno)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 勉強地 / 勉强地 (miǎnqiǎng de)

• Dutch: met tegenzin
• Finnish: vastahakoisesti (fi)
• Italian: svogliatamente (it), malvolentieri (it), di malavoglia
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: motvillig (no)

• Portuguese: a contra gosto, relutante (pt)
• Romanian: cu ranchiună, cu rea-voință
• Spanish: a regañadientes (es), de mala gana (es), a cara de perro (es)